Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: D. Rasmussen and E. Simons. 1991. The oldest Egyptian Hyracoids (Mammalia: Pliohyracidae): New species of Saghatherium and Thyrohyrax from the Fayum. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 182:187-209
Belongs to Saghatherium according to D. Rasmussen and E. Simons 1991
See also Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Saghatherium annectens, Saghatherium antiquum, Saghatherium euryodon, Saghatherium humarum, Saghatherium macrodon, Saghatherium magnum, Saghatherium majus, Saghatherium minus, Saghatherium sobrina
Type specimen: CGM 41881, a maxilla (left maxilla with intact C-M2, and broken M3.)
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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